KitchenAid Refrigerator

KitchenAid KSSC48QMS

Model # KSSC48QMS

The KSSC48QMS is a US-market KitchenAid refrigerator. It appears on KitchenAid’s US product site in June 2004 and nowhere after that. That dates the machine to around then: discontinued, and now roughly twenty years old. No published specification for this model was recovered — no capacity, no width, no feature list — so none is stated here, and no figure has been taken from a neighbouring model number.

KitchenAid appends a two-digit production-revision code to the base number on the rating plate, and the codes actually observed for this model are KSSC48QMS00, KSSC48QMS01, KSSC48QMS03. A plate reading one of those is still a KSSC48QMS; the suffix identifies which production revision you have, and it occasionally decides which version of a part fits. At this age the work on a KSSC48QMS is mostly mechanical and electrical rather than electronic — seals, fans, defrost components, switches and the start device. Those are the parts still in circulation for cabinets of this generation, and they are what we check availability on before any figure is put on a repair.

Key Features

  • No published specification for this model was recovered
  • Recorded on KitchenAid's US product site in June 2004
  • Rating-plate revision codes observed for this model: KSSC48QMS00, KSSC48QMS01, KSSC48QMS03
  • A KitchenAid owner's manual for this model is on record

Most Common Issues on This Model

01

Defrost drain freezing solid, which puts meltwater under the crisper drawers instead of down the drain

02

Ice maker fill or harvest faults, where an ice maker is fitted

03

An interior lamp that has failed, or a door switch that no longer tells the control the door is closed

04

Shelf and bin breakages, which on a discontinued model are worth chasing early

Error Codes Common to This Model

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FAQ

KitchenAid KSSC48QMS FAQ

For a KSSC48QMS, look inside the refrigerator, on the left wall. That is the location KitchenAid publishes for its refrigerators, and the label there is the authoritative source for the number - front-panel badging and box labels often differ from what is actually on the KSSC48QMS cabinet.

Sometimes, yes - a discontinued model like the KSSC48QMS can mean waiting on a specialist supplier for an obsolete part. We establish that on a KSSC48QMS before the job starts, so the choice between waiting, substituting where a substitute genuinely exists, and replacing the machine is yours to make with the facts in front of you.

With the refrigerator switched off at its supply, a lamp on a KSSC48QMS that stays lit behind a closed door means the door switch has failed. It is worth dealing with, because a lamp burning continuously inside a sealed cabinet puts out enough heat to upset the temperature. On a KSSC48QMS it is a small part and a short job.

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